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EMERGENCY

In an emergency, always call triple zero (000) for an ambulance. Ambulances are the safest way to be assessed, treated and transported to the right hospital for the care you need.

Triple zero (000) is a free call from any phone, mobile or phone box.

For less severe but still urgent situations, go to an Emergency Department.

There are 12 public hospital Emergency Departments in Northern NSW Local Health District and they are all available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Emergency departments are located at:

COVID-19 update: 19 March 2022
Published: 19 Mar 2022

To 4pm 18 March, 276 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Northern NSW Local Health District, including 58 positive PCR tests and 218 positive rapid antigen tests (RAT)**.

Confirmed tests by LGA (PCR and RAT included):

  • Ballina 62
  • Byron 27
  • Clarence Valley 55
  • Kyogle 6
  • Lismore 38
  • Richmond Valley 16
  • Tweed 72

There are six COVID-19 positive patients in hospital in Northern NSW, with one in ICU.

Sadly, today Northern NSW is reporting the death of two people aged in their 70s and 80s from the Ballina region.

We express our sincere condolences to their loved ones.

Northern NSW Local Health District encourages anyone with even mild symptoms, or who have had known contact with a COVID-19 case, to please get tested as soon as you can.

COVID-19 can cause serious illness, however vaccinations, and early diagnosis and medical care will reduce your chance of becoming severely unwell.

We encourage people to get tested as soon as symptoms develop, to allow positive cases to be connected with appropriate care and support, and to reduce the risk of any outbreaks among our vulnerable communities.

COVID-19 testing clinics are open seven days a week at Lismore Base Hospital, Byron Central Hospital, North Street Grafton and The Tweed Hospital.

If you are unable to attend a testing clinic, please take a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and isolate while awaiting your result.

If you test positive using a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT), please register your result with Service NSW.

COVID-19 boosters are available at vaccination clinics throughout the region. If you are eligible for a booster, please book without delay through the COVID-19 vaccine clinic finder.

NSW Health vaccination clinics are now administering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to children aged five to 11 years old. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to make a booking for vaccination at any NSW Health vaccination clinic, at a general practitioner, or a community pharmacy.

Case data and other COVID-19 information is available on the NSW Government website.

** Please note these RAT results may be from within the previous seven days, and there may be some cases included in these numbers where people have reported positive RATs on multiple days and/or where people have also had a positive PCR test during the same reporting period.